| As far as I know my son didn't discuss SAT scores with friends, but he might have. Since most of his friends were also NM finalists or commended I doubt there would have been any issues of jealousy. I think he should play it by ear, if he's asked by all means tell, but otherwise keep mum.
I'd be inclined not to tell the teachers. They may well get the word anyway, but my main concern is that they might make their recommendation letters about the scores, when what the colleges are really interested in is how he contributed to those teacher's classes.
BTW my son got the highest PSAT scores in the school when he was a sophomore, it had the effect that his GC who was brand new to the school sat up and noticed him and ended up writing a very nice recommendation and I suspect lobbied for a couple of awards he received. |